Bankruptcy Act 1966

PART VI - ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY  

Division 4B - Contribution by bankrupt and recovery of property  

Subdivision HA - Supervised account regime  

SECTION 139ZIS   INSPECTOR-GENERAL TO NOTIFY BANKRUPT AND TRUSTEE OF DECISION  

139ZIS(1)    
If the Inspector-General:

(a) reviews a reviewable decision; or

(b) refuses a request by a bankrupt for a review of a reviewable decision;

the Inspector-General must give written notice to:

(c) the bankrupt; and

(d) the trustee;

(e) (Repealed by No 132 of 2015)

of the Inspector-General ' s decision on the review or on the request, as the case may be.

139ZIS(2)    
The notice must:

(a) set out the decision; and

(b) give the reasons for the decision.

139ZIS(3)   Notification of right of review by AAT.  

In the case of a decision on the review of a reviewable decision, the notice must also include a statement to the effect that, if the bankrupt or the trustee is dissatisfied with the Inspector-General ' s decision, application may, subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 , be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of the decision.

139ZIS(4)    
In the case of a decision refusing a request to review a reviewable decision, the notice to the bankrupt must also include a statement to the effect that, if the bankrupt is dissatisfied with the Inspector-General ' s decision, application may, subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 , be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of the decision.

139ZIS(5)    
A breach of subsection (3) or (4) in relation to a decision does not affect the validity of the decision.

139ZIS(6)   Inspector-General taken to have reviewed and confirmed decision.  

If, within 60 days after lodgment of a request by a bankrupt for the review of a reviewable decision, the Inspector-General has not given written notice to the bankrupt of his or her decision in accordance with subsection (1), the Inspector-General is taken to have reviewed the trustee ' s decision and confirmed it under paragraph 139ZIR(1) (a).